The ICC banned the player found guilty of fixing from all cricket activities for eight years. So let's find out what the full story is.

ICC banned the player for 8 years

Shocking news has emerged from the cricket world. American player Akhilesh Reddy has been banned for eight years by the International Cricket Council after being found guilty of match fixing. The ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found him guilty of violating three counts of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.

Let us tell you that these allegations are related to the 2025 Abu Dhabi T10 to be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), for which the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) had appointed the ICC as the 'Designated Anti-Corruption Official' (DACO).

The ICC release stated that the ban will be effective from November 21, 2025, the date Reddy was provisionally suspended. Akhilesh will now be banned from all cricketing activities for eight years.

Akhilesh Reddy guilty of these crimes

Article 2.1.1 – Attempting to fix, manipulate or influence unfairly, or being involved in any agreement or attempt to fix, manipulate or influence unfairly, the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of matches in the 2025 Abu Dhabi T10.

Article 2.1.4 – Soliciting, inciting, enticing, instructing, persuading, encouraging or knowingly assisting (or attempting to do so) another participant to commit a breach of Article 2.1.1 of the Code in one or more matches of the 2025 Abu Dhabi T10.

Article 2.4.7 – Obstructing a DACO investigation by deleting data and messages from a mobile device that could be relevant to the DACO investigation.

Akhilesh Reddy's career

Looking back at Akhilesh's career, he has played four T20 matches so far. He took one wicket while bowling. He did not bat in any of the innings. It's worth noting that he played for the Aspin Stallions in the 2025 Abu Dhabi T10 League.